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  • Exclusive: Trafigura China employee arrested over alleged oil fraud

    By Chen Aizhu BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested an employee of commodity trader Trafigura as part of an investigation...

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  • Hong Kong student protesters consider pulling up stakes

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the main student groups leading pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong said on Thursday it was considering...

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  • Islamic State cedes little ground despite air attacks

    By Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - They have made enemies across the globe and endured three months of U....

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  • Exclusive: Tony James looks beyond Blackstone, would consider top job in U.S. government

    By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP's No. 2 executive Tony James is considering taking a role outside the ...

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  • Toyota expands Takata air bag recall in Japan, China

    By Mari Saito and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would call back 190,000 more vehicles to re...

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  • More women detail sex abuse claims against Bill Cosby

    By Piya Sinha-Roy and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three women on Wednesday came together and detailed allegations that comed...

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  • U.S. conservatives stand firm against funding for immigration order

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Republicans on Wednesday resisted a plan to avert a budget f...

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  • Ruling would permit Florida same-sex marriages in early January

    By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Same-sex marriages could begin in Florida in early January after the 11th U.S. Circu...

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  • Demonstrators picket against the possible arrivals of undocumented migrants who may be processed at the Murrieta Border Patrol Station in Murrieta, California July 1, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/SAM HODGSON

    States sue Obama administration on immigration

    By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A coalition of 17 U.S. states sued the Obama administration on Wednesday saying it acted...

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  • Fed says U.S. economy expanding, shale production steady

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic activity continued to expand in October and November, with lower gasoline prices boosting consu...

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